Sentences with phrase «old wives tales about»

The old wives tales about feeding a cold is true: when mice are exposed to the flu, they have an increased propensity to get ill — and stay sick longer — if they are on a low calorie diet.

Some contain antifreeze, and the old wives tales about adding aspirin or sugar to your tree water to keep your tree fresh are not only false but they can cause serious harm to your pet.

There's a lot of old wives tales about how changing your job can blow your chances of a mortgage right out of the water.

And if you do find yourself going into labor on the blue moon, there are some fun old wives tales about babies born on the blue moon that you might enjoy.

Medically, not a lot is different to be honest, but there are a ton of old wives tales about babies born on the blue moon that are pretty interesting to think about regardless.

Who can forget that old wives tale about being sure to have clean underwear on in case you end up in the ER!!!

Unlike the old wives tale about birds, cats will take their kittens back after they've been handled by people.

And, that old wives tale about your dog's mouth being cleaner than your own mouth... well it is just an old wives tail.

It seems I remember there is an old wives tale about how to wish someone luck at an audition.

My family is from Ecuador and there is an old wives tale about having three elephants in your home - all with their butts facing the door.

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A simple I'm sorry for my part in the sordid tale can wrap this up, otherwise I have more stories... how about the one where the Edina police chaplain throws his wife across the room tearing her shoulder and her 7 year old helps her up and moves the furniture from off of her?

Julie McMahon September 16, 2014 at 8:39 pm -LSB-...] A simple I'm sorry for my part in the sordid tale can wrap this up, otherwise I have more stories... how about the one where the Edina police chaplain throws his wife across the room tearing her shoulder and her 7 year old helps her up and moves the furniture from off of her?

(I might say «Bless you» after someone sneezes, but that is something I learned from my wife... which I heard goes back to some old wive's tale about losing part of your brain when you sneeze...)

The one time my former wife I and did get into a disagreement about was when I told her I had no consideration toward telling out kids about Santa Claus as being nothing more than a old, worn out tale.

Open your mind and open a book, other than some several thousand year - old fairy tale about talking snakes, floods requiring more water than exists in the entire solar system to create, mythological heaven dwellers who stole men's wives, ful of numerology and suppossed «fulfilled prophesy».

There are a whole lot of old wives» tales out there about neutralizing beans» «musical - fruit» qualities.

Talk about all the old wives tales, fun gender prediction tests and share your scan pictures to see what others think.

With all the mixed information and old wives» tales about the benefits of honey, it is baffling for moms to determine whether or not to introduce their child to honey.

Instead, local networks, existing organisations and women themselves need to be given the skills and knowledge to spread the word among their peers and to challenge the old wives» tales I spoke about.

And there's really no threat to the old wives» tale about a cat sucking the life of a newborn — if anything, your cat is more likely to be afraid of the baby, not super aggressive toward it.

While not much is known about the origins of most old wives» tales (they were an oral tradition, so the first tales were never recorded on paper), they're still fun to try!

Despite the health benefits of sweet potatoes and the old wives» tale that it could help your milk supply, the truth about your diet while breastfeeding is that anything goes.

There are old wives» tales about using salt to set the dye and stop dye bleeding of fabrics.

You may have heard old wives» tales and stories about ways to jumpstart labor on your own.

If you are thinking about getting pregnant again shortly after giving birth, moms» groups and old wives» tales may have you thinking it's impossible.

Thankfully, there are many old wives» tales about getting kids to...

There are some «old wives tales» about foods you shouldn't eat while breastfeeding.

We uncover myths, old wives» tales, and some surprising answers to your questions about toddlers.

Either way, there are more old wives» tales about guessing the gender of your baby then there are babies, it seems.

I'm not as ruffled by the tawdry tales of farm animals or one I heard from a 55 - year - old wife about screwing a perfectly sculpted landscaper while her doctor husband was lecturing on vein surgery in another country.

There are many old wives» tales about how to get baby to sleep longer through the night.

Beware the old - wives tales and internet memes about pregnancy, there is a kernel of truth in many things.

About the rest of NCEF's vaunted «Islamization» claim is based on old wives» tales, arising from power struggles and sundry tensions that come with the power territory.

A three - year pilot project involving 11 men (age range: 31 to 44) found that there was some truth in the old wives» tale about hot baths being bad for a man's prospects of conceiving.

Any woman who's about to pop has heard a zillion old wives» tales that claim to get the labor process started.

Find out if your favorite old wives» tale about the common cold, from «feed a cold, starve a fever» to «eat chicken soup,» actually has a grain of truth.

There are many reasons, including superstitious fear of black dogs, «old wives» tales» about black dogs, Black dogs depicted in movies and literature as evil or devilish.

The old wives» tale about female cats being safe from pregnancy as long as they are still nursing kittens is simply not true.

Forget that old wives» tale about not training dogs until they're six months old.

Old wives tales exist about pets gaining weight after being fixed, or them not being as affectionate.

Another scare about cats and babies is not so much an old wives tale, but not too much of a danger either.

One of the theories behind this old wives» tale is that by the time the cat has licked the butter off its paws it will have become less nervous about its new surroundings.

What you assert is another of the Old Wives» Tales of Climatology which I wrote about in an article of that title on PSI.

Much like the need for 8 - glasses of water a day, waiting an hour after eating to swim, or humans using 10 % of their brains, I think these beliefs about local jury consultants are mostly stubborn old wives» tales.

Presumably figuring the experience would have its players in an adventurous mood, Capcom has decided there would be no better way to promote the game than sending them on a wild goose chase to find old wives tales and boogie monsters grounded in as about as much reality as its own fantastical game.

That old saw about putting a name to a face is not just an old wives tale.